The Interplay of Age, Protection Practices, and Cognitive or Physical Limitations in Understanding ID Theft Victimization

• In Event: Special Topics in Victimization: Identity Theft, Ponzi Schemes, and Artificial Intelligence

Abstract

Building upon previous research by Deryol et al. (forthcoming), which used data from the 2018 Identity Theft Supplement (ITS), this study extends the investigation to the latest iteration of the dataset, ITS 2021, and compares the results with the previous study in terms of the rates and the association between cognitive or physical impairments and identity theft outcomes. I used a sample of 93,308 individuals aged 16 years or older from the 2021 ITS and applied the multiple imputation chained equations (MICE) method to handle missing data. In particular, I seek to address these two main research questions: (1) How did the rates of diverse types of identity theft victimization among individuals with cognitive or physical limitations change between the 2018 version of the survey and the one in 2021? How did the relationship between cognitive or physical limitations and different victimization types change from the 2018 version of the survey to the 2021 version? (2) To what extent do age, protective behaviors, and the presence of cognitive or physical limitations interact to influence susceptibility to diverse types of identity theft?

Author

• Rustu Deryol, University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee